1. Should we continue present medical practice and extend help to everyone who
desires it, regardless of the pollution of the human gene pool and
resulting decrease
in the quality of physical human life?

2. Should man attempt to control his own evolution, consciously and
scientifically,
instead of involuntarily by pressures from social mores, wars, etc.
In order to counteract the deterioration of our genetic heritage and
correct present
defects:
a. Should we pursue the development of eliminative eugenics
3. by altering psychic or mental defects, such as violent or criminal behavior,
with the use of drugs or brain surgery?
4. by eliminating physical defects with organ transplants, artificial organs,
or organs clonically grown from the same individual?
b. 5. Should we use genetic manipulation or therapy with viral
agents, thoroughly
tested and approved for use in humans, to supply missing or correct defective
genes?
6. Should we avoid future defects by promoting genetic counselling of parents
and prospective parents, advising them of the risks (based on amniocentesis and
biochemical tests for genetic disorders) of genetic disease or defects in their
potential children and allowing them to decide for or against abortion of their
fetuses?
7. Would you seek or believe in a legal abortion if there were 1
chance in 2 that
your baby would be seriously abnormal?
8. Should a convicted criminal having chromosome abnormalities linked
with aggresive
and antisocial behavior be subject to the same degree of capital punishment as
one without such chromosome abnormalities?
9. Shall we legislate to eliminate defective genes by prohibiting
their carriers
to propagate?__---.
10. Should we regard termination of pregnancies in the severely
mentally retarded
or in women carrying fetuses having fatal and costly genetic diseases as moral,
as well as legal?
11. Do you feel that a doctor should have the right to refuse to
perform a legal
abortion under any
circumstances and regardless of the situation iand needs of the patient?
12.When should a fertilized egg have its rights to life as a human being?
__ the moment of conception at three-month gestation__ at 41/2 months when
life is detectable__ when life outside the uterine environment is
possible (after
65 months)__
13. Should we allow the use of egg and sperm banks for artificial insemination
with selection of characteristics of donors for potential children
(genetic euphenics)?
14. Is adultery committed in artificial insemination of the egg of a wife with
sperm from a nameless donor under the consent of the husband?
15. Should artificial insemination be allowed in unmarried women who
want to have
children?
16. Is it ethical to choose the desired sex or characteristics for a child from
3 or more fertilized eggs and then implant that chosen one in the wife's uterus
while destroying the others?
17, Is it moral for an unmarried woman to be implanted with the fertilized egg
of a married couple unable to bear children and then carry their fetus to term,
bearing this child for the married cou
ple's family?
18. Is it ethical to develop human life outside of the uterine
environment (test
tube babies)?
19. What is your marital status? single married separated divorced
widowed engaged
20. How many children do you have, including adopted? none one two
three or more
21. What is your age? 18-29 30 to 49 -- 50 or over
No personal identification need he given. This questionnaire is for
polling purposes
only to gain an idea of how readers feel about the ethics and
legalities of genetic therapy and engineering. Thank you for your honest opinions and
cooperation.

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